Interaction between humans and the environment

Civilization:Mesoamericans

Author:Summer Kranz


Theme
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1. Demography and Disease
  • The Aztecs did not have many diseases, until the Spanish Conquestadors came and exposed them to all of the European diseases that they had.
  • The main cilivaztions of early Mesoamerica were the Olmecs, the Mayans, and the Aztecs.
2. Migration
  • The Mayans, Olmecs, and Aztecs dind not migrate much, once they found a good spot the permantatly settled.
3. Patterns of Settlement
  • The Aztecs settled in what is now Mexico City, the reason they settled here is because the saw a sign the "Gods" had told them to look for wich is now the sybol on the Mexican flag.
  • The Mayans found a sutable place in the Yuctan Penninsula.
4. Technology
  • The Mayans made great feats in technology the Mayans where the first in Mesoamerica to create a calendar and the Olmecs sculpted huge heads of rock not native to the area in wich they lived.